Definition of Cacafogo

1. a spitfire [n -S] - See also: spitfire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cacafogo

cabrillas
cabriole
cabrioles
cabriolet
cabriolets
cabrit
cabrito
cabrits
cabs
cabstand
cabstands
cabulance
caburns
cabécou
cacafogo (current term)
cacafogos
cacafuego
cacaine
cacao
cacao bean
cacao moth
cacao oil
cacao tree
cacaos
cacas
cacation
cacatory
cacciatora
cacciatore

Literary usage of Cacafogo

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Representative English Comedies: With Introductory Essays and Notes, an by Charles Mills Gayley, Alwin Thaler (1914)
"It is perhaps to this part of cacafogo that the kindness of commentators, ... There are some letters alike in Falstaff and in cacafogo; they are both ..."

2. The British Theatre: Or, A Collection of Plays, which are Acted at the edited by Inchbald (1824)
"Had'st thou not ask'd my pardon. 1 had me. [Kicks cacafogo. ... [Exit cacafogo. all Spain A spirit of more fury than this fire-drake ..."

3. The British Theatre by Inchbald (1808)
"Enter cacafogo. Caca. My father's dead : I am a man of war too, Monies, demesnes; ... [Exit cacafogo. Leon. 1 see he's hasty, and I'd give him leave To ..."

4. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"The Great cacafogo," Mrs. ... poor cacafogo is quavering away in the musie-room, under the impression that he will be lancé in the world by singing ..."

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